diff --git a/authors.txt b/authors.txt
index dfcd9ff2fd..057978f513 100644
--- a/authors.txt
+++ b/authors.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Eric Lemoine
 Philip Lindsay
 Martijn van Oosterhout
 David Overstrom
+Tom Payne
 Corey Puffault
 Peter William Robins
 Gregers Rygg